Smoothing-iron holder.



J. HERZL.

SMOOTHING {RON HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3. $916.

Patented July 10, 1917.

[an ve mfoz e/z/ (INT JOSEPH HERZL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SMOOTHING-IRON HOLDER.

Application filed August 3, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JOSEPH HERZL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Smoothing-Iron Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in protective holders for conveying and manipulating irons, such as are used by tailors, laundries, domestics and housewives, in pressing and smoothing articles of personal wear, its principal object being to provide a holder which shall adequately protect the hand from the heated iron with which it is used in connection.

A second object is to provide such holders in forms which are readily applicable to a variety of iron handles, and which may be further used to dispose the iron within the place from whence its heat is obtained.

These and other objects, such as durability, neatness of appearance, cheapness of manufacture, etc., are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder, made in accordance with the invention indicating its application to a common form of iron, and

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, taken substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the same in an open position in broken lines.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 represents in broken lines the iron, from whence rise the stems of the rigidly afiixed handle 11, by which the implement is operated.

Engageable with the handle, which may be of arcuate or semi-circular cross section, are a pair of metal plates 14, suited to the shape of the handle and provided with a central longitudinal hinge 15, the lower, reentrantly turned portion of the plates 16 being so shaped as to partially envelop the lower portion of the handle when in operative position.

Disposed immediately over these metallic plates are sheets 18 of some non-conducting material, as asbestos, cork, or the like, the same being overlaid with one or more textile fabric covers 19, the outermost layer 20 of which is of such size and shape that it may be folded inwardly over the inturned exten- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Serial No. 112,949.

sions 16 and engaged directly by the sharp prongs 22, formed with the plates 14, so that the coverings may be easily secured and rapidly applied or removed when desired.

Thus a removable, flexible, non-conducting pad is provided with which the hand makes contact in operating in an easy and effective manner.

Depending from the plates 14, upon each side and at each end thereof, are integrally formed arms 25, the same being attached at their extreme lower ends to flat plates 26, having recesses 27, permitting the handle stem elements 11 to extend therethrough when the holder is in position. These plates are intended and adapted to closely overlie the extreme top of the iron as will be clearly evident in Fig. 1.

Disposed over the tops of these plates and secured by rivets 29 or other fastenings are other fiat plates 28, non-conducting in their nature, as of fiber, wood, or the like, and as they are out out or recessed at 27 to fit the handles of the iron, they prevent radiation or transference of heat from the iron to the hand used in operating the apparatus.

Formed at the rear of the plates 26 are hook-like elements 30, the inturned points 31 of which are adapted to grasp the handle of the iron 11, whereby it may be raised, conveyed and deposited in a stove or heater such as is ordinarily employed for the purpose.

In operation, the holder is opened along the hinge 15, placed upon the handle of the iron in an obvious manner, closed thereon, so that the elements 16 engage with its lower side; it being understood that the several coverings are in position and held by the hooks or prongs 22.

The arrangement of the non-conducting guard plates is such that substantially no heat is disseminated to the hand, allowing the implement to be used with entire ease, continuously for any desired interval of time, while the construction is such that the parts are readily formed by ordinary shop processes, afiording a strong, yet light and conveniently operated holder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a holder of the class described, the combination with a pair of oppositely disposed arcuate plates suited to the handle of the iron, non-conducting sheets disposed-thereover, means formed with said plates for holding said sheets in operative position, arms formed at the ends of said plates eX- tending downward, flat metallic plates engaged at the ends of said arms said plates being shaped to suit said handle stems, nonconducting sheets secured to said plates, and

hooks formed With said flat plates adapted to loosely engage with the handle of the iron Whereby it may be suspended for conveyance.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH HERZL.

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